Word: criterion
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Moreover, pregraduation loyalty is apt to be translated into dollar bills after graduation. While the individuals contribution might not exceed five dollars, fivers do mount up and we can assure the Corporation that if discussions in the dining room are any criterion, many undergraduates will not allow their money to be misdirected by an already wealthy organization. This new Varsity Club furnishes an excellent example of what we mean. In the face of an immediate need for the renewal of training table, an adequate activities center, a hockey rink, a well equipped auditorium and theatre, the College has decided...
...organization... may be controlled by individuals or agencies outside the University. The criterion to be used shall be that the policy of the organization shall be made by members of the organization who are also members of the University...
...enjoyed the friendship of T. S. Eliot in London during the years 1917-1932, and who contributed to the Criterion, permit me to say that I think you deserve the thanks of all readers for the fairness and the sharpness of your presentation...
...While resting under the care of a specialist at Lausanne, he finished The Waste Land. He sent it for criticism to his friend, brilliant, erratic Poet Ezra Pound,* who blue-penciled it down to half its size. The poem first appeared in 1922, in the first issue of The Criterion, the small literary magazine which T. S. Eliot was editing with Lady Rothermere's backing,† The Waste Land turned out to be the most influential poem of the 20th Century...
...government obviously has the right, in this case as in most others, to withhold its money from those who are plotting its downfall. But the dangers of the provisions here, as elsewhere, are manifold. First, the criterion of present of past membership in one of the groups may disqualify many extremely loyal people; second, the entire loyalty test will discourage many talented students from applying for scholarships; third, as part of the check, professors would undoubtedly be asked to report on their students' political activities, creating an atmosphere most unfriendly to scientific research...